There are several people in the world that share their thoughts on how you've achieved success. Some people say to do what you love because it motivates you. Others say do what makes you happy because happiness itself is success. Others say do what you hate so that you'll grow to be a better person.
Well, I experienced the latter multiple times in my past life. So it is effective because I've become a strong person. There are times that I follow the second one, however happily I can't provide food on the table so I just do it sometimes. In this life I want to try the first one.
I love making money. So I'll try to do things in my previous life that I've earned a lot from.
You might be wondering why I am saying this.
"Well you see, I think I'm rich!!!"
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Going back to the morning. I really have no idea what has happened to my account. I expected to grow it step by step. About a few years before getting recognition. I mean some of the famous influencers took about 10 years before they even got noticed.
Others got viral quickly, however after a few months they just vanished.
I woke up in the morning like normal. I ate breakfast with my family and we joked around for a bit. Everything seemed normal up until I arrived at school.
"Good morning Brier!" said the guard. I greeted him back. However, I felt really awkward. We never knew each other, we never spoke at all up until today.
However if you think this is the end, well you're so wrong. I was greeted by many students I don't know yet. Many teachers who I didn't have a conversation with. The weird thing is that
"they all know my name! What the hell man?! Is someone playing pranks on me or something?" I said as I entered the room.
My classmates welcomed me happily, then finally I got what was happening. Many people in this school saw my video. What confused me is how they could see it if my account was just created.
I quickly took a seat and Joms was looking at me gleefully.
"Hey!! You're so cool in that video. How did you do it?" he inquired. Many people heard him ask so everyone instinctively gathered around me like I am some sort of criminal waiting for my judgment.
"Well, yesterday I received the camera that I bought. So I tried doing some vlogging to see if it was working," I explained.
"You bought a camera??"
"He isn't that rich, how can you afford it, is your family well off?" Multiple questions were thrown at me like I was being interrogated or something.
I explained to them that the camera is only secondhand and I have a haircut business at our home so I managed to save enough to buy that camera.
"That's so cool!! Man, I don't even have a job!" someone said. With everyone gathered around me I don't know who was talking among them.
"Now! It's my turn! Let me ask, how did you guys see my videos?" I asked curiously.
I looked at them as they started to think.
"You added me as a friend so I liked it then shared it on my feed," said Jom as he looked at me weirdly, as if I am some sort of weirdo.
"I saw it from Joms' feed so I did the same, like and share." Most of my classmates replied the same. However what surprised me is what I heard after that reply.
"In my case I saw it being shared by Madam Louise. So I did the same." I looked at Roie for a second. Then I was shocked.
"Ma'am Louise shared it?" I asked him. Well Madam Louise is one of the oldest teachers in this school. The whole school has her as a friend.
"Yes, who won't share it after all it was written in the caption to like and share it," Roie replied as if it was obvious to share it. I instinctively followed the most common way to gather an audience by putting like and share in the caption. However, most people usually just ignore that and just like the video.
Now everything started to add up. I gained many viewers because of Madam Louise.
The bell finally rang and Madam Louise entered the room. Everyone started to disperse as the lesson was about to start.
Madam Louise looked my way and smirked at me.
"Hey look who we have here. We have a celebrity in the house!" The whole class didn't start, everyone just talked about the video. Even Madam Louise was curious about how I edited it.
Well when it came to the editing process, I copied most of the influencers from my past life. I added some short clips from comedy geniuses in my video to make it look like they are commenting in my vlog. I learned that from ChooksTv, one of the most popular content creators in 2020.
Then I realized something.
"Now it makes more sense. The editing of my video is unique. What I saw on YouTube last time was all boring. Maybe because I was used to the standard of the future, most of the videos created today don't reach my standard. With my videos that are slightly below my standards, for these people it was unique and entertaining!"
The hell, did I just use my modern knowledge to gain fame? Like some anime where they reincarnate as a slime and build a modern city in another world?
I didn't do it on purpose. But the result seems like that.
During break the scene was the same. People looked at me and talked about me. I just ignored them but it still felt awkward to gain this much attention.
Even during practice we gained a new audience who watched us, making the whole practice a mess due to unwanted attention and pressure.
"Fuck off Brier! Why don't you go home. You're like shit. Many flies surrounding you!" Kyle said begrudgingly for he made most of the mistakes during this practice.
"Hey as if it is my intention to cause this. At least now we can practice with an audience so we can get used to it when we perform soon," I reasoned out.
Lukas looked at me then smiled.
"What Brier said is true. You have to get used to this attention so that you'll be more prepared for the real deal. We only have less than 20 days to practice!" he said, agreeing with my reasoning.
"Plus gaining attention is what idols do. So maybe this is a good thing to have some schoolmate fans. With that, let's do this one more time," he said.
The practice continued for a while before Lukas called it a day seeing that everyone was drained out due to the audience pressure.
I immediately ran toward home for I was excited to see how my videos were doing. Instead of my usual walk home I rode a tricycle to get home faster. I fixed myself at home.
I saw my mom cleaning the yard when I ran out of the house.
"Hey don't run! What's the rush!!" my mother shouted at me as I left the gate.
"I'll talk about it later!! Love you, I'll be out for a bit!" I shouted back as I rushed toward the shop.
I quickly opened my FB account and was shocked by the number of notifications. I quickly looked at the video posted. Then I was shocked by what I saw.
"What the hell!! 589 likes, 70 shares, and 1k plus comments?!"
My hand started shaking uncontrollably. The smile on my face turned wider as the second passed.
"I'm going to be rich!"